A new analysis warns that large-scale loss of food assistance is "jeopardizing the short- and long-term health, education, and economic benefits of nutrition programs for our children and society."

The ++budget++ package that US President ++Donald Trump++ and congressional ++Republicans++rammed through last summer has already spurred large-scale loss of nutrition assistance among low-income ++children++, with an analysis released Wednesday estimating that more than 700,000 kids across a dozen states have lost federal food aid since the ++GOP++ law took effect.

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), a liberal think tank, ++found++ that the “sharp participation declines” among children likely stem from provisions of the Republican law that—for the first time in the program’s history—shift large Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (++SNAP++) benefit costs onto states. The law also expands punitive SNAP work requirements.